Industrial engineering, operations research, and systems engineering are fields of study intended for individuals who are interested in analyzing and formulating abstract models of complex systems with the intention of improving system performance. Unlike traditional disciplines in engineering and the mathematical sciences, the fields address the role of the human decision-maker as key contributor to the inherent complexity of systems and primary benefactor of the analyses.

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Facts

Established

Established originally as a program in Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech in 1924, ISyE became a School in 1945.

Highlights

Largest Industrial (or similarly named) Engineering program in the country; the second largest is not even half our size.

ISyE was named in honor of H. Milton Stewart, who has a long history of philanthropy at Georgia Tech. H. Milton Stewart, Jr., IE 1961, and Carolyn J. Stewart, Honorary Alumna 2008, established the H. Milton Stewart Endowment Fund for ISyE Programs in 1995 and the H. Milton and Carolyn J. Stewart School Chair in ISyE in 1999.

Faculty

About 55 Academic Faculty

Students

The Stewart School currently enrolls more than 2000 students. Over 1300 of these are undergraduates pursuing the ABET accredited Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering (BSIE) while approximately 728 students are engaged in graduate study.

About 569 of these graduate students are enrolled in one of nine School designated master's degree options while nearly 159 doctoral students are pursuing programs of study aligned with the Stewart School's eight distinct Ph.D. concentrations.

Enrollment Fall 2017

1344 Undergraduate (48% female)

599 MS (32% female)

159 Ph.D. (31% female)

Degrees Awarded in 2016 - 2017 AY

397 B.S. degrees

154 M.S. degrees

27 Ph.D. degrees

Degree Programs

Undergraduate

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering with specialties in:

Economic and Financial Systems

General Industrial Engineering

Operations Research

Operations Research - Advanced Studies

Quality and Statistics

Supply Chain Engineering

Graduate-Master's

Master of Science in Analytics

Master of Science in Computational Science Engineering

Master of Science in Health Systems

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering

Master of Science in International Logistics

Master of Science in Operations Research

Master of Science in Quantitative and Computational Finance

Master of Science in Statistics

Master of Science in Supply Chain Engineering

Graduate-Doctorate

Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering with concentrations in:

Statistics

Supply Chain Engineering

Economic Decision Analysis

System Informatics and Control

Ph.D. in Operations Research

Ph.D. in Algorithms, Combinatorics & Optimization

Ph.D. in Computational Science Engineering

Ph.D. in Bioinformatics

Prominent Research

Research conducted in ISyE includes, but is not limited to, areas such as optimization, stochastic systems, manufacturing and logistics, simulation, statistics, natural systems, economic decision analysis, and system informatics and control.

Alumni

Our alumni can be found around the globe in leadership positions within academia, consulting, engineering, financial services, healthcare, law, manufacturing, retailing, transportation, and more.

Starting Salary

95.4% of our BSIE students received job offers two months prior to graduation with a median starting salary of $68,000 (based on the self-reported survey by students).

About Our Graduates

At last count, ISyE claims more than 18,000 alumni throughout the world and academe. Nearly one in 10 ISyE graduates have risen to the top positions of their respective organizations, whether as CEO, president, CFO, or even university president.

Undergraduate

Approximately 40 percent of our undergraduates pursue and accept positions in consulting environments, including large and well-known national and international firms as well as smaller more regional companies.

10-15 percent will seek some form of post-graduate activity. A large number of these students continue in IE/OR, but many will enter MBA programs, law school, and even medical school.